diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
index 93fa5235871cb..0588f9e49138f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Resources/config/form.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         <parameter key="form.factory.class">Symfony\Component\Form\FormFactory</parameter>
         <parameter key="form.extension.class">Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\DependencyInjection\DependencyInjectionExtension</parameter>
         <parameter key="form.type_guesser.validator.class">Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Validator\ValidatorTypeGuesser</parameter>
+        <parameter key="form.type_extension.form.request_handler.class">Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\HttpFoundation\HttpFoundationRequestHandler</parameter>
     </parameters>
 
     <services>
@@ -148,9 +149,13 @@
 
         <!-- FormTypeHttpFoundationExtension -->
         <service id="form.type_extension.form.http_foundation" class="Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\HttpFoundation\Type\FormTypeHttpFoundationExtension">
+            <argument type="service" id="form.type_extension.form.request_handler" />
             <tag name="form.type_extension" alias="form" />
         </service>
 
+        <!-- HttpFoundationRequestHandler -->
+        <service id="form.type_extension.form.request_handler" class="%form.type_extension.form.request_handler.class%" public="false" />
+
         <!-- FormTypeValidatorExtension -->
         <service id="form.type_extension.form.validator" class="Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Validator\Type\FormTypeValidatorExtension">
             <tag name="form.type_extension" alias="form" />
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/HttpFoundation/Type/FormTypeHttpFoundationExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/HttpFoundation/Type/FormTypeHttpFoundationExtension.php
index 9b09b05c39918..9cb0dc4476c59 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/HttpFoundation/Type/FormTypeHttpFoundationExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/HttpFoundation/Type/FormTypeHttpFoundationExtension.php
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractTypeExtension;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\HttpFoundation\EventListener\BindRequestListener;
-use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\HttpFoundation\HttpFoundationRequestHandler;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\RequestHandlerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\HttpFoundation\HttpFoundationRequestHandler;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -27,14 +28,17 @@ class FormTypeHttpFoundationExtension extends AbstractTypeExtension
     private $listener;
 
     /**
-     * @var HttpFoundationRequestHandler
+     * @var RequestHandlerInterface
      */
     private $requestHandler;
 
-    public function __construct()
+    /**
+     * @param RequestHandlerInterface $requestHandler
+     */
+    public function __construct(RequestHandlerInterface $requestHandler = null)
     {
         $this->listener = new BindRequestListener();
-        $this->requestHandler = new HttpFoundationRequestHandler();
+        $this->requestHandler = $requestHandler ?: new HttpFoundationRequestHandler();
     }
 
     /**